Vector Markup Language
Vector Markup Language (VML) - a language of the XML family used to generate vector graphics created by Microsoft. It was reported to the W3C as a standard in 1998 by companies such as Microsoft or Macromedia. At the same time, Adobe and Sun have also reported on the use of vector-based graphics for PGML.
As a result of the W3C standardization, the SVG format was created.
As a VML creator, Microsoft uses it to save graphics for most Microsoft Office applications from Microsoft Office 2000 and display graphics in Internet Explorer since version 5.5.
The Google Maps project uses VML to display maps when running on the Internet Explorer family. Example
The following code example will display a blue ellipse filled in (the example is from Wikipedia). <v:oval style="position:absolute; left:0; top:0; width:100px; height:50px" fillcolor="blue" />
Equivalent to the same image in SVG: <ellipse cx="50" cy="25" rx="50" ry="25" fill="blue"/>
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